About Krishnamurti Studies
The Association for Krishnamurti Studies is a forum for serious inquirers (including educators, students, scholars and other professionals) intent on examining questions related to J. Krishnamurti and his teachings from the perspectives of the various academic disciplines utilizing sound scholarly investigation. Its primary intention is to bring Krishnamurti and his teachings more fully into the academic world and facilitate a wider understanding of their significance.
Krishnamurti (1895-1986) spent most of his life giving discourses in Asia, Europe, and the Americas that addressed many of the critical problems that face individuals and humanity. He also held discussions with numerous people from diverse walks of life and authored several books that explored the human condition and our relationship to nature. This body of work has come to be called Krishnamurti’s teachings. Krishnamurti founded several schools in India, the UK, and the USA and explored matters related to education and the significance of life.
Given Krishnamurti’s extensive work, the teachings merit serious study and inquiry. What, for instance, does Krishnamurti mean when he says, “You are the world,” or the “observer is the observed” or by the paradoxical phrase, “the inner is the outer?” The person of Krishnamurti and his life may also be the subject of study, in so far as they illuminate and contextualize his teachings and their circumstances.
Persons seriously concerned about these matters and committed to the application of careful scholarly approaches to inquiry are invited to participate in the work of the AKS.
Mission Statement of AKS
The Association for Krishnamurti Studies (AKS) is an independent organization, focused on academic study, and not affiliated with any of the Krishnamurti Foundations. It has the following primary aims:
1. to establish a forum among all interested individuals for the serious exchange of views related to the philosopher and educator, J. Krishnamurti.2. to promote the in-depth scholarly study of J. Krishnamurti, particularly by those at institutions of higher education, based on accepted standards of scholarship within their respective fields of expertise.
3. based on those standards, the communication of findings to the broader academic community and society so as to encourage the careful examination and study of J Krishnamurti within those wider contexts.
